Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do not have the exact percentage, but it is very low. I believe it is approximately 2% or 3%.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would like to answer in English. It's in Quebec's best interests to do the best job they can on the source of funds. So, yes, they do a lot of work towards verifying the source of funds. Refusals down the road at the federal level involve a cost to the Quebec government, so

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do not understand your question.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The investment is made before the visa is issued, therefore prior to the arrival of the individual in Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. In round numbers, if you multiply the number of cases out there by the $400,000 they're required to invest, it comes to several billion dollars.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is that amount, potentially. I think we have to be careful with some of the withdrawal and refusal rates in that category as well. The source of the funds is always a concern with large sums of money and what not, but theoretically, yes, there's--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, it's always a risk. We hear these kinds of complaints often with regard to investors. Obviously, having to wait four or five years is not what anyone wants, but as Ms. Deschênes said, some will—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think there are a few different reasons for that increase in applications. Certainly the wealth of some of these populations has increased significantly in the last few years. We've seen similar sorts of trends, though, in other business immigration cases for other countries. F

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm afraid I don't have those numbers in front of me right now, so I couldn't really comment in any detail.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, we can look at that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was just over 252,000, I think.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, Hong Kong treats cases from other parts of China as well. I don't have the figures.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.